Join us for an evening with Orange prize winner Rose Tremain. Her new novel, The Gustav Sonata, is a coming of age story set in Switzerland. Beginning in the 1930s, in the shadow of the second world war, it is about the lifelong friendship between two men. Tremain has said of the book that "it asks the question, what does it do to a person – and to a country – to pursue a quest for neutrality and self-mastery when all life’s hopes, sorrows and passions continually press upon the borders and beat upon the gate."

Tremain is the author of thirteen novels and several collections of short stories, including Restoration, Sacred Country and the Colonel's Daughter. Music & Silence won the Whitbread Prize in 1999 and The Road Home took the 2008 Orange Prize for fiction. She will be in conversation with Guardian Books editor Claire Armitstead.

Running time: 90 minutes, no interval.

Order your copy of The Gustav Sonata from the Guardian Bookshop today and save 20%. Copies of the book will also be available to purchase on the night.

Wheelchair users and visitors who require an assistant may bring a companion free of charge. To book a free companion ticket please email guardianlive.events@theguardian.com

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